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Title: California Coastal Surf Grass, 2005

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2005
  • Coverage: 2005

Publishers

  • California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region

Summary

This polyline shapefile depicts distribution of surf grass along the California Coast. This data was extracted from a larger set of data which contained plant species found along the coast derived from the Minerals Management Service (MMS) maps data for the Pacific Coast intertidal shorelines of the Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries.This data describes shoreline habitat characteristics and biological assemblages on United States Geologic Survey (USGS) quad maps. This coverage delineates areas of Surf Grass along the California coast. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Resources Region. (2005). California Coastal Surf Grass, 2005. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Resources Region. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zr811sb9247. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Subjects

  • Oceans
  • California
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Coasts
  • Phyllospadix
  • Marine plants
  • Biology and Ecology
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-123.07903, -119.027561, 38.374914, 33.46561)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-123.07903, -119.027561, 38.374914, 33.46561)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Jim Strampe, California. Biogeographic Data Branch. California Coastal Surf Grass, 2005. California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region. Line data. https://purl.stanford.edu/zr811sb9247

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English